International Rankings of Kuwait 2022, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Kuwait, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Kuwait, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	51	2.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	129	73948	2020
Internet users - percent of population	2	99.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	95	4.228 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	14.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	88	583463	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	13	159.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	108	6.770 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	52	62.600 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	53	50.500 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	99	10.00 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	27	7.127 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	70	47.240 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	48	72.830 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	60	134.638 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	53	49.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	23	24.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	164	43.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	93	47.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	38	26.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	26	3.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	139	0.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	2	58.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	158	40.90 % of GDP	2017
Imports	51	59.650 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	59	2.80 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	70	1.50 %	2017
Labor force	110	2.695 million US Dollars	2017
Public debt	155	20.60 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	64	209.740 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	135	3.30 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	27	49900 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	47	33.700 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	30	41.80 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	152	1.10 %	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	35	30.00	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	102	9.40	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	71	15.40	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	88	578000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	33	47.715 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	42	44.288 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	45	92.582 million	2019
Coal - consumption	99	68000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	90	68000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	43	63.802 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	48	19.371 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	40	6.701 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	2	99.90 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	69	0.10 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	7	381.985 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	32	24.323 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	36	4.806 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	33	19.510 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	18	1.784 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	9	1.838 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	6	101.500 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	40	342000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	10	2.721 million bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	12	705500 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	23	915800 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	36	99 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	108	6 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	11	57 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	162	9	2018
Land use - arable land	145	1	2018
Land use - other	11	91	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	111	8	2018
Total renewable water resources	171	20.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	94	778.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	132	23.300 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	81	448.300 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	91	1.35	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Geography
Area - land	151	17818 sq km	N/A
Area - total	151	17818 sq km	N/A
Coastline	97	499 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	172	4 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	135	108 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	130	100 sq km	2015
Land boundaries - total	135	475 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	162	9	2018
Land use - arable land	145	1	2018
Land use - other	11	91	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	111	8	2018
Population Density	68	172.19 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	5	7 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	105	14.96	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	5	52.39	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	146	5.43	N/A
Birth rate	81	17.78 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	78	3 %	2014
Current health expenditure	57	6 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	180	2.25 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	125	6.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	8	24.90 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	165	34.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	121	28.40 %	N/A
Education expenditures	18	7 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	50	2.00 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	137	7.10 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	145	7.75 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	142	7.43 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	64	81 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	42	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	49	79 years	N/A
Literacy - female	31	95 %	2020
Literacy - male	23	97 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	26	97 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	102	12.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	100	28 years	2020
Median age - male	74	31 years	N/A
Median age - total	82	30 years	N/A
Net migration rate	146	3.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	9	37.90 %	2016
Physicians density	69	2.34 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	133	3.068 million	2022
Population growth rate	67	1.17 %	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	16 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	13 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	6	1.09 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	5	1.19	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	4	1.66	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	6	1.21	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.66 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	4	1.37 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	88	2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	54	34 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	69	18 %	2020
Total fertility rate	66	2.24 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	91	1.35	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	35	30.00	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	102	9.40	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	71	15.40	N/A
Transportation
Airports	113	7	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	72	4	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	91	3	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2021
Heliports	19	4	2021
Merchant marine - total	66	165	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	42	392.360 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	54	6.465 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	67	44.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Roadways - paved	89	4887 km	2018
Roadways - total	115	5749 km	2018

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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